Axis History Forum

This is an apolitical forum for discussions on the Axis nations and related topics hosted by the Axis History Factbook in cooperation with Christian Ankerstjerne’s Panzerworld and Christoph Awender's WW2 day by day.
Founded in 1999.

Helge
Awesome photo but I suspect that is Wessel's sister and brother (not Erna). Wessel's sister wrote a book about her brother Horst and the younger brother also joined the SA.
Wessel looks much younger in this photo than when he was in the SA. I think he is a teenager here posing for a family portrait.

J. Duncan wrote:Helge
Awesome photo but I suspect that is Wessel's sister and brother (not Erna). Wessel's sister wrote a book about her brother Horst and the younger brother also joined the SA.
Wessel looks much younger in this photo than when he was in the SA. I think he is a teenager here posing for a family portrait.

That girl was older than Horst?

The title of the book written by Ingeborg is "Mein Bruder Horst"

Sota ei päätä kuka on oikeassa, vain sen että kuka on jäljellä.
War does not decide who is right but only those who are left.

Werner was the one who also joined the SA. I'm not certain Helge- it's hard to tell really if that young woman is older or younger...all 3 of them look very young in that particular photo. Horst definitely looks younger than the time he was a storm troop leader. Pre-SA I'd say.

Ingeborg Wessel writes in her book "My Brother Horst-A Legacy" (1933). That their brother Werner Wessel was killed in a snow storm in the mountains during 1929 and was laid to rest in the family grave at the Nicolai cemetery, Werner Wessel died on 22nd December 1929, two months before his brother Horst. http://bills-bunker.de/231101.html